Research Projects

Dr. Dieter Thomas Tietze has brought his broad research interests to CeNak in 2019 and is happy to support your research with his expertise and the extensive collection material at CeNak.

In accordance with the research programme areas of CeNak, the range of topics of the Department of Ornithology is structured as follows:

Evolutionary systematics

• Phylogenomics of all bird species (https://b10k.genomics.cn/)
• Recovery of treasures in the historical collection
• Phylogeography of Turkish songbirds

Organismic structure and function

• Trait evolution in treecreepers and tits at phenotypic and genomic levels
• Interplay of morphology and bird song
• Morphological variability within the magpie

Ecosystem dynamics

• Comparison of taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and song diversity
• Influence of land use on local bird communities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
• Urban ecology

Biomonitoring

• Passive collection of accidentally died birds in the Hamburg area
• Standardised long-term monitoring in the "Eich-Gimbsheimer Altrhein" NSG (www.ismega.de)
• (Re-)settlement of bee-eater and white stork
• Effects of global change and USUTU on the blackbird

Knowledge transfer

• Teaching at UHH
• Guided tours of the bird exhibition
• Guided tours of the bird collection
• Bird song walks